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Wicked Pissah! Local words and expressions...

dontpanicbobby

dontpanicbobby

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I'm curious about local slang in different parts of the English speaking world. As some may know I'm from Boston MA in the USA, the Hub of the universe. Here and in a large part of the region known as "New England" we have some very unique colloquialisms. One of which is "Wicked Pissah".

Wicked = very very, really, seriously...
Pissah = great, super, awesome, cool...

What are some of the words or phrases that make your part of the world unique?
 
Nope. That was last week.

Here's one I think is unique to Boston/New England...

The Bubbler: If you work in an office in Boston chances are you'll get thirsty at some point. You'd want to visit the water cooler, wouldn't you? In Boston it's the Bubbler.
 
Okay I get the difference now. In the UK the word wicked still has a slight connotation of evil, wrong, not social ably acceptable. All that is stripped away when Bostonians use it. Unless talking about evil. As slang it's opposite here.

Great video BTW.
 
dontpanicbobby said:
Okay I get the difference now. In the UK the word wicked still has a slight connotation of evil, wrong, not social ably acceptable. All that is stripped away when Bostonians use it. Unless talking about evil. As slang it's opposite here.

Great video BTW.
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Ah.. no we'd use it in its slang form as


Thats wicked good...... or just that thing was wicked... so its a good thing.


(Pissah tends to come in slices and have pepperoni or ham and pineapple on it)
 
Za = Pizza
A garbage pizza is one with everything on it including anchovies. Garbage Pizza is a phrase which extends as least as far as Washington DC on the East Coast of the US. Maybe further but I haven't traveled far enough South to be sure. :)

I know about dinner Bg260. I believe it is the proper term. My Grandmother from Georgia used it all the time. She was a Nurse.
 
There are some very unique names for items as localized as the city.

In Philly we eat hoagies, but in NY they are Hero's. Sub's, Italian Sandwiches, grinders (I think that's Chicago) etc.

And, there's soda, pop, soft drinks, and in Texas, I thank all carbonated beverages are referred to as Coke.
 
I thought that was a 'stralyan phrase...

One ubiquitous phrase out here in the land of fruits and nuts is "I know, right?".
 
Very East Coast expressions. Back to the Midwest... Other words for Rodeos? That's all we call the Horse and Bull tournaments in Boston.

Except for Bullfighting. That's called Bull Fights.
 
While in Texas I once worked with a girl who was from New Hampshire and one day she asked me where the 'elastics' were. I had no idea she was referring to rubber bands.
And being from Texas, many people were always fixin' to do this or that. Also, dinner was at lunchtime and the evening meal was always supper. Most people I knew would say they did something 'by' accident where everywhere else I've heard people say they did something 'on' accident.
And yes, all caffeinated drinks were Cokes... just seemed easier that way! Except for Dr. Pepper, which many small-town Texans fairly worshipped! I remember people being asked to being back some Coke from the store, and them replying 'What kind?' Yes, I do miss Texas!
 
My parents were born in Oklahoma. I too ate breakfast, dinner, and supper daily. No matter the brand of facial tissue, it was a kleenex. All brands of laundry detergent were called suds. We never ate potatoes, we ate spuds. If we had any brand of cola it was a pop. A quarter dollar was two bits. I was astonished when I started school to learn that a hunerd dollars was spelled hundred and a light bub was spelled bulb. Mater = tomato. Idy= idea. The list goes on and on. Both parents were educated. My father even finished high school and was the valedictorian of his graduating class of three. I don't know if it was an Oklahoma thing, poor uneducated upbringing, or a combination of both that left my parents skewing my early vocabulary.
 
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